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'Starving Artists!' exhibit is today

By Alana Melanson, amelanson@sentinelandenterprise.com

Updated:
03/15/2014 09:24:50 AM EDT

The Revival Gallery on Main Street in Fitchburg is hosting a gallery show called "Starving Artists" to help collect food for the local food pantries in the area. Artist Ryan Gardell talks about the show at the Rivival Gallery on Friday morning. (SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE/JOHN LOVE)

FITCHBURG -- Enjoy some local art and music and help feed some "starving artists" at the same time today at Revival Gallery's latest exhibit.

"Starving Artists!" is part community art show, part food drive and part gallery fundraiser, according to gallery co-owner and local artist Ryan Gardell.

It also marks the launch of the gallery's fundraising campaign through the online crowdsourcing site Indiegogo, he said.

"Part of the fundraiser is going to help us deal with gallery expenses, renovations, doing continued projects and development of the organization," Gardell said.

The daylong show will feature resident artists such as Gardell, Camilo Neves and Leandro Lopez, as well as work by local artists like Miosotty Ortega, Joey Explosive, Lincoln Flood, Julia Jannsen, Barny Lanman, Charlie Peckar and more.

According to Gardell, a wide variety of media will be represented at the show, including paintings, illustrations and mixed media, as well as blown-glass artwork by The Kiln Gallery.

There will be live acoustic musical performances by Mike Melendez of Big Mama Lu, Brian Chaffee of Invisible Sun, Brian Bauer of The Lounge Chair All Stars and Jubilee Connolly of Jubilee Gardens.

There will also be a photo booth operated by local photographer Tim Daoust of Fitchburg Access Television, complete with a fun background and props, Gardell said, to give attendees free photo souvenirs from the event.

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Admission is a suggested donation of $5 or a non-perishable food item for the food drive, being conducted by the new nonprofit Feed Fitchburg, which is collecting donations for local food pantries, Gardell said.

Each donated food item will also earn the donor a ticket for the raffle, he said, which includes artwork, prints and a number of other items from local vendors.

The exhibit runs from noon to 5 p.m. today at the Revival Gallery, 713 Main St.

The Revival Gallery on Main Street in Fitchburg with be hosting a gallery show called Starving Artists to help collect food for the local food pantries in the area. This piece of artwork by Camilo Neves will be in the show on Saturday. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE/JOHN LOVE

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